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Are you obliged to tip or can you refuse? (feddit.online)
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I'm not into tipping when I've visited the US, since I come from a country where servers are paid the equivalent of Fr. 20-30 ($24-43) an hour so there isn't an obligation to tip them, but that's the opposite in the US. Am I allowed to hand them large cash tips such as Fr. 1000 ($1236) or 500€ ($583)? It gets weirder: as apparently fast food places demand a tip, like really? It's getting out of hand, what's the point then?

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[–] 5 points 2 days ago

I'm surprised people are so flippant about this. In the US, tipping is legally optional but socially mandatory in many situations, especially with wait staff at a restaurant. So while you could opt not to tip, you'll definitely ruffle some feathers if you don't.

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